Railroad-switch



J. KUKELL.

RAILROAD SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1919.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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J. KUKELL.

RAILROAD SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-7,1919.

1,333,622. Patented Mar. 16,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' F 0 0 "In [915mm I j i w my o o O O i i Je J- 22 um I INVENTOR. v l John h'ulrell A TTORNEY.

a 224mm a "a team 1 e Mm mt wi e 1 7 Beitrknown-:thatl-Ig'JoHn Koran-11,; a' citi- V zen of cz'echoeSlovakia, residing at Pleasant- Gity county of? Guernsefland State of Ohio,

have inventedcertain new and useful Ima provements in" Railroad-Switches, of? which the: following;isa specificatiom ,1

" This I invention has as its ob ect: the pro vision-of meansior automatically moving the switch and mate points. of a railroad in,

advanceof' ii approaching train andior re-- turning: the same after the passage of the further object'lis to a provide such means in; formswhich may be operated manually from the tracks-side or frorn'thetrain as'inay be. referred. 1

hose objects are attained by the novel construction and: combination of partshe'reinafter'describedgand shown in the accoma panying drawings, forming: amaterial part of thisdlsclosuraand' in which Q J Figure 1 isau'plan view showing-a seotionof railway'track includ-ingaswite11 and turnoutv and"- indicating the application of the'apparatusnu v 2 Fig. is a sideuelevational' view of the samepg Y numerallO indicates an ordinary type of tie,

- the switch oint, are raised hollow casings 20, provide with partial covers 21 similar casings 22 being disposed beyond the switch oint having covers 23, the upper portion of Fig. 3

Fig.4 is'iaisiniilaiiview showing the mat ing deviceused cooperatively therewith, and

Fig. 5 is a plan View of Fig. 3, the cover being remove Referring to the drawings in detail, the

upon which are mounted the running rails Y11 and 12, theformer being straight throughout, and the latter curved as at 14, concentrio to which is. a similar curved rail13, terminating at the point 15, to which are piVot-.

ally'attached the mate. and switch points 16 and 17, the latter connecting between the a i rails 12 and 18.

The switch points 16 and 17, are connected near their front ends by a rigid bar 19;

Secured upon'the ties 10, in advance of 0th these casings are beveled interiorly Y downward toward their thicker ends as at 24am]. 25, and-are provided with rack teeth longitudinal sectional view; taken through one of the operating devices.

1 Applicants fl1ed Novemb'er 7, 919; serialfm aaazei. f

Engageable with these rack teeth are pinjsii ifi' d L e Patent Patented Mar; 16,1926! I 26 and Q7, disposed-transversely acrosstheir 1, diagonal upper surface.

ions 28 and 2 9, fixed-upon: spindles30 and? 31, which pass through elongated, oblique slots. 32 and 38,: formed in the: sides of the casing20- andQZ in such manner as to guide the pinion's; maintaining. them in contactv with the recess 26 and 27.. I

. ,AEzfpairof armssa extend in the:

ofaa forkfrom'a' head36, obliquelyupward and are provided with extensionsi'i, whichproject normally above L the top of thecasing. through the opening or uncovered por L707. Extending oppositely. from the headi36. and horizontally are bars 38, having attion-of the same.

ten uated' ends 39; terminatingin forks 40; in which isa ivotal'ly connected linkl, 5

having heads 4 engaged with a} bell-crank 'leverarm 4B; fulcrufned at 44, the otherarm.

of a bellicrank levenengagingwith a,

In a similar manner, the forked arii'is 48 are engageable with the spindlesj'31, the arms'terminating in a-he'adf49 provided with a raised portion 50, and extending V fromthe; head 49 is when 51 terminating in r a forked heads in, fwhich is,,engag'e 1ink,53,,havin ,a head- 54,- pivoted tothe bell cra nk lever arm 55 pivoted on? a: p i'1i- 56 set in the tie, the opposite arm 57 of the bell crank lever engaging with the pin 46.

The pin 56 is ,fiXed in a bar 58, passing below the track rails 11 and 14 and also below the switch points, and engaged with the .bar 58,'centrally between the running rails,

switch point has attached projections, in-

dicated by the dotted line 66 adapted to make contact withthe upper extending head 50f pressing it downward, and causing the gear 29 to travel downward along the inside rack 27 which causes the arm 57 to be withdrawn'into the casing 20, pressing the link 43 and turning the bell-crank levers so as to -move the switch point outwardly. If a.

train advancing the I other direction, makes contact with the extending heads 37, causing.

the pinion 38 to move down the inclined rack 26, pressing the bar 39 forward, and transmitting movement tothelink 4:1 ofthe belle crank levers, the cross bar 58 is outwardly,

I 1 carrying the switch points.

" From the foregoing'it will be 'seen that an effective trainoperating device has been 1 0 disclosed, which may be moved by hand by properly manipulating the-vertical bar 65 if it beso desired. 7 l xHa'ving thus described my invention' what I claim as new and desir'e to'secure by Let-= ters-Patent, is-

' lfIn a railway track-[switch throwing device, the combination with a. pair of track side casings open,tops,-and openings at adjacent ends thereof, of diagonally disposed 2o racks arranged transversely in said casing,

' pinions operablein' said racks, spindles movable 1n said cas ng to wh ch said pinlons are connected, forks embracing =said 'pinions,

' heads extending through said casing engaged with said forks, bar connections opposite to said head :insaid fork, bell-crank levers pivoted'adjacent to said track side, connectlons between said forks and saidbell-ci anklevers whereby they are operated upon the depression of said'heads, and operative connections between the opposite ends of saidlevers and 7 said switch point whereby-theymay be moved 7 to and fro upon depression of the said heads.

' 2. In a railway track switch, the'combination with a pair of hollow casingsdisposed adjacent to the track side, transversely disposedrao'k teeth in said casings, arranged diagonally with respect thereto,- gears operable in connection with said racks, forked 40 elements adjacent to end of. said gears,heads formed with'saidforked elements extending upward through said casing and. depressible therewithin, bars formed with said rack extending through openings in the opposite end of said casing, bell-crank levers pivoted adj acent tothe rails ofsaid trackway, link connections' between said bars andsaidbelbcrank levers, a bar connected withsaid bellcranklevers operative connections between said bar and the polnt of said switch wheregears and extending through' the' opening in said casing, heads formed with saidforks adapted to make contactrwith the portion of a train passing thereover by which they may be depressed, bell-cranklevers pivoted in opposed pairs ad] acent to 7 the side" rails,

connections between said heads and said bell crank levers whereby I they are" operated in unison, a universal bar connected "with the inner ends of said bell-crank levers, said universal bar passing below said trackrails-and switch point, a rigid bar connected between by they may be moved according to the depression of either of said pairs of heads.

said switch point, connectionsbetwe'en said 7 universal bar and said rigid .barand means operatively engaged with the outer ends ofsaid universal bar whereby said-switch point maiy be manually operated. "V i testimony whereof I have 7 signature.

; JOHN K UKEL Li.

6O path,- forks arranged upon the sides of said 

